11/06/2018 - Labour pledges aid to hospitality workers

The Labour Party leader told the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) conference in Southport that acting like the McStrikers is “what needs to be done to change our society.”

Telling conference that “a generation of working people are fed up with being told what they have to do,” he also presented an organising award to Lauren McCourt, a McStriker from Manchester, on behalf of the union.

A Labour government will forbid businesses will from taking a cut of customer tips offered on credit or debit cards.

Labour has already pledged to implement a true living wage of £10 an hour by 2020 for all workers, regardless of their age, and to ensure workers enjoy full employment and union rights, and guaranteed regular work hours.

Mr Corbyn also called for a “revolution” to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, telling delegates that workers must be “free” to perform their hospitality tasks without “unacceptable behaviour” and “abuses of power from colleagues, clients or customers.”